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I'm wandering
I'm crawling
I'm two steps away from falling
Just can't seem to get around
I'm heavy
I'm weary
Not thinking clearly
I just can't seem to find solid ground
Since you've been around
I'm running
I'm hiding
But you'll never find me
'Cause I've always felt lost in a crowd
I'm sinking
I'm drowning
I'm so afraid of losing
My head's been spinning round and round
Since you've been around
I'm foolish and crazy
I just think that maybe I gotta things to figure out
I'm winning
I'm losing
I'm afraid of never choosing this heart of mine, so beaten down
Before you came around
I'm crawling
I'm two steps away from falling
Just can't seem to get around
I'm heavy
I'm weary
Not thinking clearly
I just can't seem to find solid ground
Since you've been around
I'm running
I'm hiding
But you'll never find me
'Cause I've always felt lost in a crowd
I'm sinking
I'm drowning
I'm so afraid of losing
My head's been spinning round and round
Since you've been around
I'm foolish and crazy
I just think that maybe I gotta things to figure out
I'm winning
I'm losing
I'm afraid of never choosing this heart of mine, so beaten down
Before you came around
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Since You've Been Around Lyrics as written by Rosie Thomas
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That's right, wolf_cub! The lyrics are simple, but this is a really nice song. I think the person in these lyrics are also struggling with deciding whether they want to begin some kind of romance with the person that's 'been around' or not.
I agree with both of you. It basically makes my cry everytime I hear it. It's like...the way she sounds. She's so content...happy. Yet there is this yearning in her voice. I dont know..but it gets me every time.
It's strange...it sounds at first as though this person who has shown up is dragging her down, is hurting her in some way or distressing her. But then at the end she says that her heart was so beaten down BEFORE this person came around. So, did he (assuming this is a love song...could be a song about a parent who left and then resurfaced, etc.) cause her pain, or was she in pain and now he's uplifting her?
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I think this is a song about someone who is in a relationship with a great guy but she's had some bad experiences in the past and no matter how much she tries she can't fully put it behind her. Secretly she is scared of losing this guy so she doesn't want to open her heart up fully in case she gets hurt again "I'm winning I'm losing I'm afraid of never chosing." Suggests that she is in love with him but she is scared to fully commit her heart is saying go but she's stopping herself.
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At fist I thought it was about being consumed in another in a positive healthy sense, but now I think it's about someone she doesn't want to be around...in a unhealthy relationship kinda way.
I love Rosie's voice.
Correct lyrics:
*I’m afraid you’ll never find me
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But sometimes there are these cases where all that mess and everything one goes through in life ends up confusing them more and so they put up barriers between them and others. Basically, she’s just deciding on whether to break down her barriers and open the door or not…